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enOvernight Recap: BBM Heading to iOS, Roku UI Rollout, Firefox 21, Samsung 5Ghttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/overnight_recap_bbm_heading_ios_roku_ui_rollout_firefox_21_samsung_5g
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220903/roku_grid_ui_200px.png" alt="Roku grid UI" width="200" height="150" class="graphic-right" />Would you like to enjoy download speeds around 1Gbps from a mobile device? Sure you would. Unfortunately, we'll all have to wait until 2020 for 4G LTE to get smoked, but companies like Samsung are already hard at work on the future tech that will be required to make such speeds a reality. If that's too far into the future for you to worry about, fear not: Most of our Tuesday recap is focused on the here and now.</p><h3>BlackBerry Messaging Service Coming to iOS, Android</h3><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/14/4330122/blackberry-bringing-bbm-to-android-ios-this-summer" target="_blank">The Verge reported a bombshell on Tuesday</a>, with BlackBerry announcing that it will indeed bring its popular messaging service to both iOS and Android this summer. "It's time to bring BBM to a greater audience, no matter what mobile device they carry," remarked CEO Thorsten Heins at the company's BlackBerry Live event, a move which he calls a "statement of confidence." Ironically, the move means that every iOS competitor now offers software for Apple's platform -- and the same cannot be said for Android, Windows Phone or BlackBerry 10.</p><h3>Roku Finally Rolls Out Redesigned User Interface</h3><p><a href="http://blog.roku.com/blog/2013/05/14/rolling-out-the-new-roku-interface/" target="_blank">The Roku Blog announced Tuesday</a> that its new user interface is now rolling out to supported players, which includes Roku 2 XS (model 3100), Roku 2 XD (model 3050), Roku 2 HD (model 3000), Roku LT (models 2400 &amp; 2450), Roku HD (model 2500) and the Roku Streaming Stick (models 3400 &amp; 3420). The update adds the ability to better manage large numbers of channels, as well as finally allowing users to organize on-screen channel icons to their heart's content. (Sorry, Netflix… you're no longer our number one guy!) The update will roll out automatically over the next two weeks, but those with a compatible box can force the update via Settings right now.</p><h3>Firefox 21 Now Available with Social API, Startup Improvements</h3><p>Like clockwork, <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/21.0/releasenotes/" target="_blank">Mozilla released Firefox 21 on Tuesday</a>, and the big news with this version is the addition of a Social API, which makes it easy for developers to jack new services into the web browser. Version 21 includes Cliqz, Mixi and msnNOW as well as Facebook Messenger, and you can bet there will be plenty more in the days ahead. The update also includes a new three-state user interface for Do Not Track, a first pass at Firefox Health Report and the browser will now offer suggestions on how to improve startup time when needed. Firefox 21 also includes the ability to restore thumbnails you might have removed from the New Tab page, graphics performance improvements and the usual barrage of bug fixes and HTML5 enhancements as well.</p><h3>Samsung Preps 5G Rollout with 1Gbps Download Speeds</h3><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/12/samsung-ready-for-5g-rollout/" target="_blank">Engadget is reporting</a> that the 4G LTE service we currently enjoy will look pretty doggone slow come 2020, which is when Samsung expects to roll out 5G service. The Korean manufacturer has already managed to pull download speeds around 1Gbps, a feat that required the use of no less than 64 antenna elements to accomplish. Oh, and that 2020 date? That not-so coincidentally lines up nicely with the European Commission's recent €50 million ($65.3 million) investment into the research necessary to get 5G up and running by then.</p><h3>Apple Updates iMovie 9 with Bug Fixes</h3><p>It's almost comical that Apple hasn't released a new version of its iLife suite since late 2010, but at least they continue to push out fairly regular bug fix updates. One such update arrived on Tuesday with <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1574?viewlocale=en_US&amp;locale=en_US" target="_blank">iMovie 9.0.9</a>, which stomped out three of those little critters. In addition to fixing a problem where certain video cameras might not be recognized when connected, the update also improves compatibility for projects imported from iMovie for iOS and includes some of those always mysterious "stability improvements" Cupertino is known for. The update can be applied through the Mac App Store or downloaded directly from the link above.<br /><br /><em>Follow this article’s author, <a href="http://twitter.com/JRBTempe" target="_blank">J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter</a></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/overnight_recap_bbm_heading_ios_roku_ui_rollout_firefox_21_samsung_5g#commentsNews5gandroidblackberryFirefox 21iMovie 11instant messagingovernight recapRokuSamsungsocial networkingiPhoneMacWed, 15 May 2013 12:24:41 +0000J.R. Bookwalter16998 at http://www.maclife.comiFixit Tears Down iPod nano 5Ghttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/ifixit_tears_down_ipod_nano_5g
<!--paging_filter--><p><img height="285" src="/files/u121189/ifixit_nano_380.jpg" width="380" /></p><p>You know if hardware is released by Apple, iFixIt will tear apart for the world to see the device's innards. We jest -- we love the iFixit guys, because if they didn’t rip apart new products to find magical hidden things inside, we would have to, and we don’t think we could bear to slice open the new iPod nano <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPod-nano-5th-Generation/1157/1" target="_blank">like they just did. </a><br /><br />Their verdict: The new hardware is almost identical to the old one, save for the chips that enable new features. However, there is a 56 pixel taller screen (17.5% more screen real estate), an INSANELY tiny camera, and a battery that warns you it might spontaneously explode.<br /><br />Check out their entire dissection <a href="http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPod-nano-5th-Generation/1157/1" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/ifixit_tears_down_ipod_nano_5g#commentsNews5gfm radioifixitiPod nanoTeardowniPodFri, 11 Sep 2009 05:18:44 +0000Arvind Srinivasan4898 at http://www.maclife.com